Google Slides is an excellent resource for creating interactive activities as well as presentations for your students. It works well for distance learning, hybrid learning, and in person learning. Let’s explore the basic features of Google Slides. If you’re familiar with PowerPoint or Microsoft Word, Google Slides has many similar features. It also has some really helpful features those programs…
#realteachertalk teacher friends. In a world where filtered, perfect images of teachers in perfectly organized classroom seems to be the norm, being a good teacher can feel impossible. Even though we all “know” that those perfect pictures are well cropped and well staged, teaching today, especially as a new teacher, can be super overwhelming. Here are some of my favorite…
Whether you’re a new teacher who just finished up student teaching, or a veteran teacher with many years under your belt, there’s one thing that likely sends you into a state of stress: teacher observations. Teaching is such a unique job. A million different things happen in your classroom each day, and it can be hard to show all of…
Student teaching: you’ve taken a fair amount of education classes, and now it’s time to jump in and give it a try. The beauty of student teaching is that you are given a guide, a cooperating teacher, and it’s typically a gradual release model. However, student teaching is a short and important opportunity to get your feet wet as a…